2e Escadre de Chasse
| 2e Escadre de Chasse 2nd Hunter Escadre | |
|---|---|
Fighter Brigade | |
| Equipment | Mirage 2000-5F |
The 2e Escadre de Chasse (2nd Fighter Wing) is a
Fighter Brigade of the French Air and Space Force
.
After the dissolution of the 2e regiment d'aviation de chasse (2è RAC) in September 1933, SPA 3 and SPA 103 became the first and third squadrons of the 1er group of the s2nd Fighter Wing in the course of creation at Tours.[1] EC 2 was set up at Chartres at the end of 1936. Outfitted in early 1937 with a Dewoitine D.500, the wing was reequipped with a Morane Saulnier M.S.406 (MS 406) in April 1939.
Created in November 1945 at Friedrichshafen, it was dissolved on September 9, 1994, at
Luxeuil Air Base.[2]
It now comprises the Air Force's most elite fighter squadron, Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes, Escadron de Soutien Technique Aéronautique 2E.004.
History
Storks
- Groupe de chasse 1/2 Cigognes (1 au 1)
- Escadron de chasse 1/2 Cigognes (01/10/1949 au 09/09/1994)
Côte d'Or
- Escadron de Chasse 2/2 Côte d'Or (01/05/1951 until 01/10/1957) (01/04/1965 until 01/04/1966)
- CMIR 2/102 Côte d'or (01/04/1966 until 01/11/1968)
- Escadron de Chasse et Transformation 2/2 Côte d'or (French: Escadron de chasse et de transformation 2/2 Côte d'or) (01/11/1968 until 01/08/1993)
Alsace
- Groupe de chasse 2/2 Alsace (08/11/1945 until 01/10/1949)
- Escadron de chasse 2/2 Alsace (01/10/1949 until 01/05/1951)
- Escadron de chasse 3/2 Alsace (French: Escadron de chasse 3/2 Alsace) (01/05/1951 until 09/09/1994)
Others
- Groupe de Chasse 3/2 Berry (01/11/1945 until 01/04/1946)
- Groupe de Chasse 4/2 Ile-de-France (01/11/1945 until 01/03/1946)
- Groupe de Chasse 2/18 Saintonge (01/11/1945 until 01/03/1946)
- Escadron de Chasse 3/2 Côte d'Or (01/10/1949 until 01/05/1951)
- Escadron de Chasse 4/2 Coq gaulois (01/10/1949 until 01/04/1950)
Bases
- Friedrichshafen (1945-1947 until 1949)
- Hanoi (1946-1947)
- Nha Trang (1946-1947)
- Coblence (1947 until 1949)
- Aerial Base 102 Dijon-Longvic (French: Base aérienne 102 Dijon-Longvic) (1949 until 1994)
- Aerial Base 116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur (French: BA116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur) since September 3, 2015
Equipment
- Spitfire Mk.IX ( 1945 until 1947)
- P-47 D Thunderbolt (1948)
- Vampire FB.5 (1948 until 1954)
- Dassault MD-450 Ouragan (1953 until 1955)
- North American T-6G (1956 until 1962)
- Dassault Mystère IVA (1956 until 1961)
- Dassault Mirage IIIC (1961 until 1975)
- Dassault Mirage IIIB (1962 until 1986)
- Dassault Mirage IIIE (1968 until 1985)
- Dassault Mirage IIIBE (1971 until 1986)
- Dassault Mirage IIIR (1983 until 1986)
- Dassault Mirage 2000C (1984 until 1994)
- Dassault Mirage 2000B (1984 until 1994)
- Dassault Mirage 2000-5F (as of 2015)
See also
- Major (France)
- Chief of Staff of the French Air Force
- Frédéric Geille
- List of Escadres of the French Air Force
References
- ^ Guyot, Henri. "2ème escadre de chasse". Traditions-air.fr. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Nouvelles escadres aériennes: une cohérence opérationnelle accrue, des valeurs renforcées". defense.gouv.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- Gérard, Michel (January 1986). "Du Spitfire au Mirage 2000: Le 3/2 Alsace". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 194. pp. 4–11.